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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44934176 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47665319 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 7111 OLSON 101385 William L. 214 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private First Class Company G, 168th Infantry Killed in Action 7/28/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Reburied 10/22/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 565  9646 Grave 279, Amer. Cty., Sergy, Aisne. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/12/1919 Cemetery 608  11824 20464 In:  Grave 56, Section G, Plot 2, American B/A Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne Emergency Address Mrs. Charles A. Olson (Mother), West Ft. Dodge Sta., Fort Dodge, Iowa. Notified Emergency Address 107/12/192619, 12/13/1918, Renot Mar 11, 1919 R.B. Sketch No. 5867 Photograph No. F-18812   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Prev. reported through error in coding in 621 Changed as per instructions of 2nd Lt. A.B. Waters dated Mar. 8th, 1919., F#115- 12-14-20 (S-2424)   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 5/3/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 6/13/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 6/19/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 7/2/1921 Shipped on 7/19/1921 to Charles A. Olson, 220 M St., Ft Dodge, Iowa Received at Destination  on 7/22/1921 by Above per M Young Sons, Unds.

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